Is there another name for this verb ? as Im being asked to change a pice of text into the PP but I dont have a heading with this title in my verb book.
This is all I can find on the subject in another book, Can any one expand on this ?
A verb form which is used to form perfect and pluperfect tenses and passives, for eg Watched , swum .
Some past participles are also used as adjectives for eg a broken watch .
Am I right in thinking these are PP's
reçu = received
lu = read
écrit = wrote
Many Thanks
I dont know what it is called in your verb book Pads but in mine (bescherel) it is the participe passé.
You are correct in your thinking, Bien pensée!
Pads,
You're bang on. The past participle is the bit of the past tense that comes after the avoir or etre bit.
It works the same way in French as it does in English when you say "I have walked" or "he has eaten". In each of these examples the word after the "have/has" bit is the past participle.
If you google for past participle you'll get lots of useful (but sometimes baffling) hits. This one came halfway down the first page when I tried it. http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-pastparticiple.htm
In fact that looks like a pretty useful site anyway.
Nope dont have that either
so would:
Vu = seen
Bu = drunk
Plu = rained
Be right
Yes to all - well done.
Sue
Pads wrote:Am I right in thinking these are PP's reçu = received correct lu = read correct écrit = wrote incorrect - should be written
reçu = received correct
lu = read correct
écrit = wrote incorrect - should be written
Thanks Albert I missed that at first but thats a good site.
So this sentance would say :
Il n'a pas plu et je n'ai pas overt mon parapluie
It never rained and I never opened my umbrella ?? which Isnt right but do you have to change every thing else to fit in ?
This looks more like It didnt rain and i didnt open my umbrella
After a little more thinking is it.....
It has not rained and I have not opened my umbrella .....?
In French there is no way to distinguish between these:
It rained It has rained It did rain.
It rained
It has rained
It did rain.
They would all be "il a plu".
The "never" bit would need "jamais": "Il n'a jamais plu."
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